England - Yorkshire And The Humber • Finance
McCormicks
David Birks leads the Harrogate-based insolvency and restructuring offering at McCormicks. The team’s practice focuses on sporting clients, with notable ongoing work for the Premier League. It also acts for and alongside local insolvency practitioners. Former practice head Philip Edmondson left for Ward Hadaway LLP in November 2022.
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Key clients
- The Premier League
- Solicitors Indemnity Fund Limited/Legal and Professional Insurance
- DFS Furniture Company Limited
- Oracle Finance Limited
- Leeds United Football Club Limited
- Walsh Taylor Business Support Group
- Rudding Park
- Wycombe Wanderers Football Club
Work highlights
- Advising and representing the Premier League, with recent insolvency-related matters including providing advice relating to Portsmouth FC, representing the client in a challenge to the Football Creditor Rules, and representing the client in arbitration proceedings brought by Leyton Orient in relation to West Ham’s move to the Olympic Stadium.
- Represented the Premier League in proceedings threatened by its former landlord pursuant to an Authorised Guarantee Agreement, providing insolvency advice as to the tenant’s status throughout.
- Representing Wycombe Wanderers in its eight-figure claim in the insolvent estate of Derby County Football Club.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Birks